# The Nursery Education (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999

S.I. 1999/2130 · made 26 July 1999

These Regulations amend the Nursery Education (England) Regulations 1998 by providing that nursery education grant is payable in respect of 3 year olds in the 57 local education authorities specified in the Schedule up to the total amount specified for each authority.

Made under: Nursery Education and Grant-Maintained Schools Act 1996 (Section 1, Section 8)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/nursery-education-england-amendment-no-2-regulations-1999/pdf/uksi_19992130_en.pdf

## Introductory text

EDUCATION, ENGLAND
Made 26th July 1999
Laid before Parliament 28th July 1999
Coming into force 1st September 1999
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 1(2) and 8(4) of the Nursery Education and Grant-Maintained Schools Act 1996, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment hereby makes the following Regulations:

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Nursery Education (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st September 1999.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Nursery Education (England) Regulations 1998.

## 2 Nursery Education

For regulation 3 of the principal Regulations there shall be substituted the following regulation–
“3 (1) For the purposes of section 1(2)(b) of the Act (prescribing a time, earlier than the time in section 1(2)(a), after which education provided for children is nursery education) there is prescribed–
(a) in relation to education provided for a child at a school or other premises in the area of a local education authority specified in column (1) of the Schedule to these Regulations who does not fall within sub-paragraph (b) below the day immediately preceding the later of–
(i) the start of the first term starting after the child has attained the age of 3 years; or
(ii) if the child’s third birthday falls within one of the periods specified in paragraph (2), the start of the term following the term referred to in that paragraph;
(b) in relation to education provided for any other child the day immediately preceding the later of–
(i) the start of the first term starting after the child has attained the age of 4 years; or
(ii) if the child’s fourth birthday falls within one of the periods specified in paragraph (2), the start of the term following the term referred to in that paragraph.
(2) The periods referred to in paragraphs (1)(a)(ii) and (1)(b)(ii) are, in any year,
(a) the period commencing 1st April and ending with the start of the Summer term of that year;
(b) the period commencing 1st September and ending with the start of the Autumn term of that year;
(c) the period commencing 1st January and ending with the start of the Spring term of that year.
(3) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this regulation “term” means the term kept in relation to the education provided, or to be provided, or under consideration, for the child, as the case may be, and, in any year, Spring term, Summer term and Autumn term mean, respectively, the term which starts in January, in April and in September.
(4) The amount of grant payable in respect of education provided in accordance with paragraphs (1)(a) and (1)(b) shall be calculated separately under regulations 6 and 7.
(5) The total amount of grant payable under regulation 7 in respect of education provided in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) shall not exceed the amount specified in column (2) of the Schedule.”

## 3 The Schedule

At the end of the principal regulations there shall be inserted the Schedule to these Regulations.

## Signature

Margaret Hodge
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department for Education and Employment
26th July 1999

## Schedule THE 

“THE SCHEDULE
Regulation 3(1) and 3(5)
Column 1
Column 2
LOCAL EDUCATION AUTHORITY
MAXIMUM GRANT ALLOCATION
£
London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
197,365
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
666,671
Birmingham City Council
4,564,245
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
451,980
Blackpool Borough Council
796,991
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
563,468
Bradford City Council
919,026
London Borough of Brent
766,106
London Borough of Camden
625,992
Coventry City Council
925,806
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
446,707
Durham County Council
226,743
London Borough of Ealing
308,853
Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council
470,813
London Borough of Greenwich
618,459
London Borough of Hackney
1,087,765
Halton Borough Council
409,795
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham
448,214
London Borough of Haringey
530,323
Hartlepool Borough Council
25,612
London Borough of Hounslow
188,325
London Borough of Islington
785,692
Kingston-upon-Hull City Council
346,518
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
48,965
London Borough of Lambeth
1,239,932
Leeds City Council
939,365
Leicester City Council
1,063,660
London Borough of Lewisham
1,179,668
Liverpool City Council
879,101
Manchester City Council
424,108
Middlesbrough Borough Council
42,938
Newcastle upon Tyne City Council
574,015
London Borough of Newham
1,218,839
North East Lincolnshire District Council
473,826
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
51,224
Nottingham City Council
765,353
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
818,084
Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
40,678
Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
677,970
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
893,414
Salford City Council
116,008
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
351,038
Sheffield City Council
1,932,215
South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
54,991
London Borough of Southwark
721,661
St. Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
212,431
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
49,718
Stoke-on-Trent City Council
330,699
Sunderland Metropolitan Borough Council
353,298
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
446,707
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
207,158
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
437,667
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
76,837
London Borough of Waltham Forest
1,176,655
London Borough of Wandsworth
1,206,033
Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council
1,082,492
Wolverhampton Metropolitan Borough Council
75,330
”

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Nursery Education (England) Regulations 1998 by providing that nursery education grant is payable in respect of 3 year olds in the 57 local education authorities specified in the Schedule up to the total amount specified for each authority.

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